Once, you start moving along any of the sides on the triangle, provided your opponent remains in the centre of the triangle, you will always have the upper hand. Attacking your opponent from an angle which is out of his direct line of vision provides you with considerable advantage. We’ve seen how boxers like Lomachenko and Pacquaio use the triangle theory to great effect.
Lomachenko, as we learned in one of the case studies, is a master at deceiving opponents through movements and attacking them from angles which aren’t in their direct line of vision thereby successfully catching them most of the times. Now it’s not just the unexpected move but also the freedom to punch with both hands. By moving away from your opponent, you simply create angles to strike from any angle. For instance, you can slip a jab, step out or even counter right hand.
Now an interesting part is, triangle theory works wonder for a boxer who are counter punchers. Why? Because it functions only when your opponent is throwing punches at you. If your opponent isn’t throwing punches at you and you’re the one doing it, then there’s an opposite effect, where they are using the triangle theory against you. Understood? Similar to the flipping of triangles that we saw above.
What you see in the diagram below, is a guy in blue trying to shoot a jab and the guy in red slips the jab and steps along the sides of the triangle. Now the image below shows him moving to the right, but you can go anywhere you want.